Week 15, 2088

played in Buffalo, NY

34 degrees, snow, 13 mph wind

New England Patriots	0	6	7	3	-	16
Buffalo Bills	0	0	0	0	-	0

Scoring Summary
2Q: 12:01 NED - Neal Politopoulos 33 field goal
2Q: 04:16 NED - Neal Politopoulos 47 field goal
3Q: 03:50 NED - Jose Horn 2 run (Neal Politopoulos extra point)
4Q: 02:28 NED - Neal Politopoulos 21 field goal

Scoring Summary
2Q: 12:01 NED - Neal Politopoulos 33 field goal
2Q: 04:16 NED - Neal Politopoulos 47 field goal
3Q: 03:50 NED - Jose Horn 2 run (Neal Politopoulos extra point)
4Q: 02:28 NED - Neal Politopoulos 21 field goal

Team Statistics NED BUF
Record 11-3 1-13
First Downs 18 10
- by Rushing 6 2
- by Passing 9 8
- by Penalty 3 0
Total Net Yards 260 249
- Offensive Plays 73 59
- Yards per Play 3.56 4.22
Net Rushing Yards 98 45
- Rushing Attempts 35 16
- Yards per Rush 2.80 2.81
Net Passing Yards 162 204
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 33 - 20 - 0 42 - 22 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 199 207
- Sacks/Yards Lost 5/37 1/3
- Yards per Pass Play 4.26 4.74
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 1/1
3rd Down Conversions 8/19 6/17
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 6.5 9.1
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/1
Penalties/Yards 1/5 10/83
Punt Returns/Yards 3/26 3/18
Kick Returns/Yards 0/0 1/20
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 3 0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/2 0/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 24 OWN 24
Time of Possession 35:31 24:29

Team Statistics	NED	BUF
Record	11-3	1-13
First Downs	18	10
- by Rushing	6	2
- by Passing	9	8
- by Penalty	3	0
Total Net Yards	260	249
- Offensive Plays	73	59
- Yards per Play	3.56	4.22
Net Rushing Yards	98	45
- Rushing Attempts	35	16
- Yards per Rush	2.80	2.81
Net Passing Yards	162	204
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	33 - 20 - 0	42 - 22 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	199	207
- Sacks/Yards Lost	5/37	1/3
- Yards per Pass Play	4.26	4.74
Fumbles/Lost	1/0	1/1
3rd Down Conversions	8/19	6/17
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	6.5	9.1
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/1
Penalties/Yards	1/5	10/83
Punt Returns/Yards	3/26	3/18
Kick Returns/Yards	0/0	1/20
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	3	0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/2	0/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 24	OWN 24
Time of Possession	35:31	24:29

Drive Charts

New England Patriots
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	12:26	1:45	OWN 20	3	6	Punt
1	6:50	1:45	OWN 16	3	4	Punt
1	3:19	6:26	OWN 19	12	65	Field Goal
2	8:39	4:29	OWN 22	9	48	Field Goal
2	3:10	1:18	OWN 46	5	15	Punt
3	15:00	1:25	OWN 25	3	4	Punt
3	10:54	1:20	OWN 28	3	-7	Punt
3	8:13	4:30	OWN 38	13	62	Touchdown
3	1:34	1:45	OWN 7	3	-1	Punt
4	11:40	9:20	OWN 3	18	93	Field Goal
4	0:52	0:52	OWN 43	3	-1	Game

Buffalo Bills
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	2:34	OWN 27	3	9	Punt
1	10:41	3:51	OWN 33	6	19	Punt
1	5:05	1:46	OWN 30	3	9	Punt
2	11:53	3:14	OWN 25	7	23	Punt
2	4:10	1:00	OWN 25	3	2	Punt
2	1:52	1:52	OWN 6	6	30	Punt
3	13:35	2:41	OWN 15	6	18	Punt
3	9:34	1:21	OWN 21	6	41	Fumble
3	3:43	2:09	OWN 25	5	22	Punt
4	14:49	3:09	OWN 34	6	14	Punt
4	2:20	1:28	OWN 25	8	32	Downs

Game MVP: Karl Reilly, Buffalo Bills

Rushing Statistics

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
RB Jose Horn	25	59	2.36	12	1	1
QB Devonte Leyes	6	23	3.83	15	1	0
RB Amos Humphries	2	15	7.50	9	0	0
WR Denzel Porcaro	1	1	1.00	1	0	0
RB Larry Perez	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
RB Paul Staple	8	32	4.00	17	1
RB Avery Berry	6	16	2.67	5	0
RB C.J. Tyworth	1	-2	-2.00	-2	0
WR Glenn LaChapelle	1	-1	-1.00	-1	0

Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Devonte Leyes	33	20	199	5/37	0	23	0	77.7

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Dalton Kaplan	42	22	207	1/3	0	39	0	66.2

Receiving Statistics

New England	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Jamal Hardy	10	17	100	10.00	21	21
WR Denzel Porcaro	3	3	18	6.00	3	12
WR Malik Dotson	3	7	25	8.33	1	16
TE J.R. Weldon	2	3	31	15.50	13	23
RB Jose Horn	1	2	14	14.00	4	14
TE Arturo Van Diver	1	1	11	11.00	0	11

Buffalo	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Irving Vandenberg	6	10	36	6.00	10	11
WR Justics Barthwell	4	6	54	13.50	21	22
TE Nate Tuck	3	6	46	15.33	0	39
WR Tucker Croteau	3	5	20	6.67	11	16
RB Avery Berry	2	3	18	9.00	3	13
WR Carlos Cole	1	7	3	3.00	0	3
RB C.J. Tyworth	1	1	3	3.00	0	3
TE Zach Allen	1	2	17	17.00	6	17
TE Ruben Sutter	1	1	10	10.00	0	10
WR Glenn LaChapelle	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

New England	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Buffalo	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

New England	Fumb	Recov	Force
QB Devonte Leyes	1	1	0
S Carson Schneider	0	1	0
ILB Sammie Hardy	0	0	1

Buffalo	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
WR Tucker Croteau	1	0	0	0
CB Mack Montano	0	0	1	0

Punting Statistics

New England	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Connor Conlan	6	307	51.2	48.2	70	3

Buffalo	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Charles Boone	9	385	42.8	39.9	56	5

Kicking Statistics

New England	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Neal Politopoulos	3/3	1/1	0/0	47	1/1

Buffalo	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT

Punt Return Statistics

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Denzel Porcaro	3	26	8.7	0

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Tucker Croteau	3	18	6.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Glenn LaChapelle	1	20	20.0	0

Defensive Statistics

New England	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Harold Lang	7	0	1.0	15	32
OLB Edward Faber	5	0	0.0	14	25
S Carson Schneider	4	1	0.0	16	43
CB Howard Hopper	4	1	0.0	16	42
S T.J. Thomas	4	0	0.0	7	17
ILB Sammie Hardy	3	1	0.0	14	25
CB Nicholas Boyd	3	0	0.0	8	30
CB Eric Beach	2	0	0.0	16	43
DE Erik Flowers	2	0	0.0	2	18
DE Trey Stanton	1	2	0.0	13	15
OLB Eugene Pegues	1	2	0.0	9	31
CB Lamont Russell	1	1	0.0	3	26
S Kris Fitzgerald	1	0	0.0	9	26
DT Kenyon Widmer	0	2	0.0	15	20

Buffalo	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Taylor Rayburn	7	2	0.0	35	37
DE Karl Reilly	6	2	3.0	34	37
S Troy Lowe	6	1	0.0	34	37
ILB Jumbo Walsh	6	0	0.0	21	23
S Malachi Tharaldson	5	2	0.0	28	23
CB Mack Montano	4	2	2.0	34	37
CB Ty Gunderson	4	2	0.0	32	38
OLB Damian Blanchard	4	2	0.0	20	20
CB Wendell Howes	3	0	0.0	22	30
OLB Joey Argentati	3	0	0.0	26	22
DT Clyde Bernstein	2	1	0.0	14	17
OLB Blake Abrams	2	0	0.0	4	3
DE Jason Merrill	1	2	0.0	26	18
ILB Orlando Johnston	1	2	0.0	14	13
DE Tony Hironaka	1	1	0.0	11	11
DE Aiden Webb	1	0	0.0	7	15
S Jerald Lucas	1	0	0.0	7	18
DE Alvin Bruce	0	1	0.0	2	2

Pass Rush Statistics

New England	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Harold Lang	1.0	0	2	0	32
DE Derrick LaTendresse	0.0	1	4	1	30
DT Kenyon Widmer	0.0	0	1	1	20
DT Shane Madison	0.0	0	1	0	23
DE Erik Flowers	0.0	0	1	0	18
DE Trey Stanton	0.0	0	1	0	15
OLB Eugene Pegues	0.0	0	1	0	31

Buffalo	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DE Karl Reilly	3.0	1	0	37
CB Mack Montano	2.0	0	0	37
DE Aiden Webb	0.0	1	0	15
S Malachi Tharaldson	0.0	0	1	23
DE Jason Merrill	0.0	0	1	18

Pass Defense Statistics

New England	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
S T.J. Thomas	4	0	17
ILB Sammie Hardy	3	1	25
CB Nicholas Boyd	3	0	30
OLB Edward Faber	3	0	25
CB Howard Hopper	2	2	42
S Carson Schneider	2	1	43
OLB Harold Lang	2	0	32
S Kris Fitzgerald	1	0	26
CB Eric Beach	1	0	43
CB Lamont Russell	1	0	26

Buffalo	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Wendell Howes	3	1	30
CB Ty Gunderson	3	0	38
OLB Damian Blanchard	3	0	20
S Troy Lowe	2	1	37
OLB Taylor Rayburn	2	1	37
S Malachi Tharaldson	1	1	23
S Jerald Lucas	1	1	18
CB Mack Montano	1	1	37
OLB Blake Abrams	1	0	3
ILB Jumbo Walsh	1	0	23
DE Jason Merrill	1	0	18
ILB Orlando Johnston	1	0	13

Blocking Statistics

New England	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
G Alexis Herron	3	10	35	0	38
C Kim Fredrickson	2	8	35	0	38
T Tim Strom	2	4	35	3	38
T Cris Feaser	1	2	35	0	38
G Victor Franz	0	4	35	0	38
TE Percy George	0	1	9	1	8
TE J.R. Weldon	0	1	30	0	33
RB Jose Horn	0	0	31	1	35

Buffalo	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
G Ian Bruce	2	3	16	0	43
T Alec Garrod	2	3	16	0	43
T K.C. Gantt	1	4	16	0	43
G Greg Rhodes	0	3	16	1	43
C Vinny Richardson	0	3	16	0	43

Special Teams Tackles

New England	Tackles	STPlays
Gustavo Lane	2	12
Amos Humphries	1	24
Denzel Porcaro	1	24

Buffalo	Tackles	STPlays
Malachi Tharaldson	1	22
Nate Tuck	1	21
Paul Staple	1	21

Participation

New England	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
TE J.R. Weldon	30	33	---	---	24	87
G Alexis Herron	35	38	---	---	9	82
WR Denzel Porcaro	25	29	---	---	24	78
WR Malik Dotson	27	35	---	---	15	77
RB Jose Horn	31	35	---	---	9	75
S Carson Schneider	---	---	16	43	15	74
T Cris Feaser	35	38	---	---	---	73
QB Devonte Leyes	35	38	---	---	---	73
G Victor Franz	35	38	---	---	---	73
T Tim Strom	35	38	---	---	---	73
C Kim Fredrickson	35	38	---	---	---	73
WR Jamal Hardy	32	38	---	---	---	70
OLB Edward Faber	---	---	14	25	21	60
CB Eric Beach	---	---	16	43	---	59
CB Howard Hopper	---	---	16	42	---	58
ILB Sammie Hardy	---	---	14	25	10	49
OLB Harold Lang	---	---	15	32	---	47
RB Amos Humphries	14	7	---	---	24	45
S Kris Fitzgerald	---	---	9	26	10	45
DE Derrick LaTendresse	---	---	15	30	---	45
OLB Eugene Pegues	---	---	9	31	---	40
CB Nicholas Boyd	---	---	8	30	---	38
S T.J. Thomas	---	---	7	17	14	38
DE Trey Stanton	---	---	13	15	9	37
DT Kenyon Widmer	---	---	15	20	---	35
DE Erik Flowers	---	---	2	18	9	29
CB Lamont Russell	---	---	3	26	---	29
DE Luis Shore	---	---	2	23	---	25
DT Shane Madison	---	---	1	23	---	24
TE Arturo Van Diver	4	1	---	---	14	19
TE Percy George	9	8	---	---	---	17
WR Gustavo Lane	1	2	---	---	12	15
P Connor Conlan	0	0	---	---	9	9
G Donnell Wells	0	0	---	---	9	9
T Nicholas Chapman	0	0	---	---	9	9
C Santiago Chandler	0	0	---	---	9	9
K Neal Politopoulos	0	0	---	---	8	8
RB Larry Perez	2	2	---	---	1	5
CB Freddie Sutter	---	---	1	2	---	3
OLB Steve Stelick	---	---	0	1	---	1
ILB Pat Wallace	---	---	0	1	---	1
QB Brent Croxton	0	0	---	---	---	0
DT Gilbert Digler	---	---	0	0	---	0
WR Cooper Bishop	0	0	---	---	---	0
G Darrell Watson	0	0	---	---	---	0
G Dashawn Waugh	0	0	---	---	---	0

Buffalo	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
CB Ty Gunderson	---	---	32	38	14	84
OLB Taylor Rayburn	---	---	35	37	3	75
DE Karl Reilly	---	---	34	37	3	74
S Troy Lowe	---	---	34	37	3	74
CB Mack Montano	---	---	34	37	3	74
S Malachi Tharaldson	---	---	28	23	22	73
TE Nate Tuck	15	32	---	---	21	68
WR Tucker Croteau	15	41	---	---	12	68
G Greg Rhodes	16	43	---	---	9	68
T K.C. Gantt	16	43	---	---	9	68
G Ian Bruce	16	43	---	---	9	68
T Alec Garrod	16	43	---	---	9	68
CB Wendell Howes	---	---	22	30	9	61
QB Dalton Kaplan	16	43	---	---	---	59
C Vinny Richardson	16	43	---	---	---	59
ILB Jumbo Walsh	---	---	21	23	14	58
WR Justics Barthwell	12	34	---	---	5	51
WR Irving Vandenberg	9	36	---	---	5	50
OLB Joey Argentati	---	---	26	22	---	48
DE Jason Merrill	---	---	26	18	---	44
OLB Damian Blanchard	---	---	20	20	3	43
RB Paul Staple	8	11	---	---	21	40
DT Clyde Bernstein	---	---	14	17	2	33
DT Gustavo Feinstein	---	---	12	14	6	32
RB Avery Berry	6	22	---	---	---	28
S Jerald Lucas	---	---	7	18	3	28
ILB Orlando Johnston	---	---	14	13	---	27
DE Aiden Webb	---	---	7	15	3	25
OLB Leonardo Navarre	---	---	1	2	21	24
WR Carlos Cole	4	19	---	---	---	23
DE Tony Hironaka	---	---	11	11	1	23
WR Glenn LaChapelle	1	7	---	---	12	20
RB C.J. Tyworth	2	5	---	---	6	13
TE Zach Allen	1	2	---	---	10	13
TE Ruben Sutter	7	6	---	---	---	13
DE Alvin Bruce	---	---	2	2	6	10
C Ernie Freeman	0	0	---	---	9	9
P Charles Boone	0	0	---	---	9	9
OLB Blake Abrams	---	---	4	3	---	7
S Roderick Stevenson	---	---	1	1	1	3
K Demetrius Hodges	0	0	---	---	1	1
T Jumbo Robinson	0	0	---	---	---	0
QB Artie Greco	0	0	---	---	---	0
T Abel Levine	0	0	---	---	---	0
QB Jerry Barbee	0	0	---	---	---	0
QB Giovanni Jennings	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	4	5	1.3
Middle	22	79	3.6
Right	7	17	2.4
None	2	-3	-1.5

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	2	8	4.0
Middle	2	2	1.0
Right	12	35	2.9
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Devonte Leyes	33	20	2	0	3	6	2	0	0

Buffalo	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Dalton Kaplan	42	22	2	1	3	4	11	2	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	8	4	21	2.6
Short (0-8 Yds)	14	9	73	5.2
Medium (9-18 Yds)	9	7	105	11.7
Long (19+ Yds)	2	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	6	1	7	1.2
Short (0-8 Yds)	24	15	110	4.6
Medium (9-18 Yds)	8	5	51	6.4
Long (19+ Yds)	4	1	39	9.8

Detailed Receiving Statistics

New England	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Jamal Hardy	17	10	2	100	1	38
WR Malik Dotson	7	3	1	25	0	35
TE J.R. Weldon	3	2	0	31	1	33
WR Denzel Porcaro	3	3	0	18	0	29
RB Jose Horn	2	1	0	14	0	35
TE Arturo Van Diver	1	1	0	11	0	1

Buffalo	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Irving Vandenberg	10	6	0	36	0	36
WR Carlos Cole	7	1	2	3	0	19
TE Nate Tuck	6	3	0	46	1	32
WR Justics Barthwell	6	4	0	54	1	34
WR Tucker Croteau	5	3	0	20	0	41
RB Avery Berry	3	2	0	18	0	22
TE Zach Allen	2	1	0	17	0	2
RB C.J. Tyworth	1	1	0	3	0	5
TE Ruben Sutter	1	1	0	10	0	6
WR Glenn LaChapelle	1	0	1	0	0	7

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Jose Horn	9	11	1.22	2.36

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Devonte Leyes	2	2	14	7.00	6.03

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

New England	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Jamal Hardy	1	1	3	3.00	5.88
TE Arturo Van Diver	1	1	11	11.00	11.00

Buffalo	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg

Third Down Rushing Statistics

New England	Rushes	Conversions
QB Devonte Leyes	3	2
RB Jose Horn	2	0

Buffalo	Rushes	Conversions
RB Avery Berry	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Conversions
Devonte Leyes	11	8	6

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Conversions
Dalton Kaplan	16	10	5

Third Down Receiving Statistics

New England	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Jamal Hardy	6	5	4
WR Malik Dotson	3	1	0
RB Jose Horn	1	1	1
TE Arturo Van Diver	1	1	1

Buffalo	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Irving Vandenberg	5	3	1
TE Nate Tuck	3	2	1
RB Avery Berry	3	2	2
WR Justics Barthwell	2	2	1
WR Tucker Croteau	1	1	0
WR Carlos Cole	1	0	0
WR Glenn LaChapelle	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 38,700 (75,300 capacity)
Upper Deck 13,100 (23,100)
End Zone 7,600 (16,700)
Mezzanine 5,300 (9,600)
Sideline Seats 7,500 (14,800)
Club Seats 3,700 (8,900)
Luxury Boxes 1,500 (2,200)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	38,700 (75,300 capacity)
Upper Deck	13,100 (23,100)
End Zone	7,600 (16,700)
Mezzanine	5,300 (9,600)
Sideline Seats	7,500 (14,800)
Club Seats	3,700 (8,900)
Luxury Boxes	1,500 (2,200)